EK-UA RTW Biz Booking Code Question

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Jun 5, 2007, 6:51 pm

cdsilva

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EK-UA RTW Biz Booking Code Question

EK-UA RTW Biz books in a C fare for EK legs. Online I can find available J fares, but United Reservations says no C fares are available for the DXB-BKK leg of a RTW trip.

Isn't a J fare a lower booking code than C? Yet for some reason the J is not eligible for the RTW.

Can someone please explain?

FYI - All coach K fares are gone. The higher B is available, but not eligible for the RTW (even for Biz). Hence, I cannot buy my ticket b/c I can't get from DXB to BKK.

Any thoughts?

Jun 5, 2007, 6:53 pm

sadiqhassan

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J is a higher class than C.

Cheers

Jun 5, 2007, 6:56 pm

cdsilva

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sadiqhassan

J is a higher class than C.

Cheers

Thanks. Do you have a listing of EK booking codes? I know all the UA ones, and must have confused UA C with EK C.

Jun 5, 2007, 6:59 pm

sadiqhassan

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In decreasing order (though in some markets, the higher codes are used for cheap fares. Example: for KHI-SYD pax, the "cheap" fare books into M class, the "medium" fare is W and the expensive fare books into Y. However, for LHR-DXB pax the M class fare is actually quite expensive.)

First

F A

Business

J C

Economy

Y W M B K H Q L T V

Cheers

Jun 5, 2007, 8:26 pm

dh01

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cdsilva

Unless you are flexible with your dates for DXB BKK, you need to waitlist for C. J is full fare Business class. You might try to book DXB HKG BKK since BKK HKG and SIN are considered a straight line (unless you have already used this rule on the trip)

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